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60 Heller Altenfelden
| Issuer | Gemeinde Altenfelden (Municipality of Altenfelden) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Expressionist-style vignette in blue ink on cream paper, centred on an abstract anthropomorphic figure with large circular eyes rendered in a Wiener Werkstätte-influenced graphic style, flanked by stylised flame or wave motifs on both lateral margins. At top, a sun-face medallion is framed by geometric ornamental panels bearing fish vignettes, with the denomination numeral '60' printed in bold letterpress at each upper corner. The lower portion carries the municipality's liability text in two columns, with a date inscription and a facsimile signature of the artist to the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette in blue ink on cream paper with a finely engraved view of the Pfarrhof (parish house) of Altenfelden, set amid trees beneath a billowing cloud sky, executed in a detailed linear style. The scene is enclosed within an Art Nouveau-style rectangular border with ornamental column elements at each side. The denomination '60 HELLER' is inscribed in large bold capitals within a ruled panel at the foot, flanked by numeral '60' cartouches at lower left and right, while the issuer inscription 'GEMEINDE ALTENFELDEN O.Ö.' runs along the top margin. |
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Altenfelden is a small market commune in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel region, and this 60 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal notgeld issued between 1919 and 1921 when post-war coinage collapsed entirely and even the smallest transactions required improvised local solutions. Hundreds of communes — many far smaller than Altenfelden — printed their own emergency fractional notes during this period, often on whatever press was locally available.
The Jaksch reference places this within the systematically catalogued Upper Austrian notgeld corpus. Local printing is confirmed; quality and registration consistency vary across the series.